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<!--paging_filter--><p><img src="/files/u69/firefox_64.jpg" alt="Mozilla 64-bit Firefox" title="Firefox 64-bit" width="228" height="182" style="float: right;" />Turn out the lights, the 64-bit Firefox party is over. After developers discussed the topic in a somewhat lengthy thread, Mozilla has <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=814009">decided to shelve</a> any and all work related to 64-bit versions of the Firefox browser. That includes nightly and hourly releases. Developer Benjamin Smedberg first proposed the idea of ceasing 64-bit development due to the builds being "a constant source of misunderstanding and frustration."</p>
<p>Smedberg pointed out that many plugins are not available in 64-bit builds of Firefox, and the ones that are often don't work correctly or frequently crash because they haven't been implemented correctly.</p>
<p>"This is frustrating for users because feel (and are!) second-class. It is also frustrating for the stability team triage because crash-stats does not easily distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit builds... For this reason, I would like to propose that we disable the 64-bit Windows nightly builds... I also think we should consider disabling the Win64 builders completely," <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/jpX_z5zieD4" target="_blank">Smedberg said</a>.</p>
<p>Not everyone who participated in the discussion agreed with Smedberg's proposal, though enough of them did that Mozilla decided now is not the time to pursue 64-bit development.</p>
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